Hi Johann,
Can you share a short video clip with us. Looks like you have a camera trigger issues. You mentioned that jitter in the lower half of the frames? Does the lower part look smeared? I have never seen this with any of the stock Wolverines but have seen it when experimenting with the Hawkeye camera trigger timing. What happens is this.
For the first part of the capture, the claw travels from left to right then for the second part it goes down, then from the right to the left and then back up.
In Wolverine, the trigger is provided when the claw goes up. This starts the frame capture. Since the claw is not all the way up the film is not disturbed by the claw and the camera is scanning the top part of the frame. If the claw engages with the film perforations before the camera scan is done, the film moves and the bottom of the frame gets smeared. Try lowering the exposure and see if this helps. If it does then the Hawkeye mod will fix this issue because the timing is adjustable.
The other problem is real jitter. That is when the there is a shake between the frames. Tugging on the intake reel can cause this as you suspected but I have not seen this on the units that I have. Are you maybe running faster than 2 PFS. This can happen if the ribbon connector between the controller and the power board is not installed properly or is damaged. This could also cause smearing.
Can you share a short video clip with us. Looks like you have a camera trigger issues. You mentioned that jitter in the lower half of the frames? Does the lower part look smeared? I have never seen this with any of the stock Wolverines but have seen it when experimenting with the Hawkeye camera trigger timing. What happens is this.
For the first part of the capture, the claw travels from left to right then for the second part it goes down, then from the right to the left and then back up.
In Wolverine, the trigger is provided when the claw goes up. This starts the frame capture. Since the claw is not all the way up the film is not disturbed by the claw and the camera is scanning the top part of the frame. If the claw engages with the film perforations before the camera scan is done, the film moves and the bottom of the frame gets smeared. Try lowering the exposure and see if this helps. If it does then the Hawkeye mod will fix this issue because the timing is adjustable.
The other problem is real jitter. That is when the there is a shake between the frames. Tugging on the intake reel can cause this as you suspected but I have not seen this on the units that I have. Are you maybe running faster than 2 PFS. This can happen if the ribbon connector between the controller and the power board is not installed properly or is damaged. This could also cause smearing.
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